Tradecraft Job Trends in England

Tradecraft
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Tradecraft skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 622 670 722
Rank change year-on-year +48 +52 -
Permanent jobs citing Tradecraft 1 1 30
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.002% 0.002% 0.046%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.002% 0.002% 0.052%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £90,000 - £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 - £47,557
75th Percentile £100,000 - £50,654
90th Percentile - - £51,762
UK median annual salary £95,000 - £47,557

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Tradecraft falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 45,803 42,292 57,583
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 80.03% 91.93% 88.39%
Number of salaries quoted 27,773 20,667 45,655
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £46,250 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,205 £55,440
Median % change year-on-year -11.58% +12.20% -11.30%
75th Percentile £77,424 £81,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

Tradecraft
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Tradecraft relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Tradecraft job vacancy trend in England

Tradecraft
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Tradecraft.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Tradecraft

Tradecraft
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Tradecraft within the England region over the 6 months to 6 February 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London - 1 £95,000 - 3
Tradecraft
UK

Tradecraft
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Security Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyberattack
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 1 (100.00%) Offensive Security
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Red Team
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCSAS
1 1 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
1 1 (100.00%) GPEN
1 1 (100.00%) GXPN
1 1 (100.00%) OSCE
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory